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LEGO Star Wars Summer 2020 sets officially unveiled

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The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm have unveiled the next wave of LEGO Star Wars sets, several of which include unlock codes allowing fans to bring the minifigures and vehicles to life in the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga video game. Included in the Summer 2020 sets are the annual Advent Calendar, Anakin’s Jedi Interceptor, […]

Official screenshots from Star Wars: Squadrons released

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Following on from yesterday’s trailer [watch it here], EA has now unveiled a batch of promotional screenshots from its upcoming space combat video game Star Wars: Squadrons. Check them out below ahead of a full gameplay reveal during Thursday’s latest EA Play Live event. SEE ALSO: Star Wars Episode I: Racer to hit Switch and […]

Four Director’s Cuts We’d Like To See

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Following on from the news that Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max in 2021, Anghus Houvouras picks four director’s cuts he’d like to see… The idea of a Director’s Cut or ‘Extended Cut’ isn’t necessarily new. There was a time when letting the director back into the editing booth to take another […]

Rumour: Dave Filoni to oversee interconnected live-action Star Wars shows for Disney+

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A new rumour suggests that Dave Filoni will be overseeing regular live-action Star Wars shows for Disney+ that will interconnect with one another. Dave Filoni made his name with Star Wars animated projects like The Clone Wars and Rebels but more recently has been executive producing The Mandalorian and even directing episodes. And if a […]

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back to receive 4K theatrical release in the UK this July

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With UK cinemas planning to re-open their doors following months of lockdown in the wake of the global health crisis, Variety is reporting that exhibitors will be dipping into studio libraries in order to tempt moviegoers back through their doors. Cinema chain Vue is set to show Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes […]

Obi-Wan Kenobi series to use same revolutionary visual effects as The Mandalorian says Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGrgor, the star of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series, says the show will make use of The Mandalorian’s revolutionary visual effects technology. The behind the scenes documentaries for The Mandalorian have revealed the new visual effects technology that was pioneered under showrunner Jon Favreau. Called virtual production, environments and locations are rendered on the […]

Star Wars Episode I: Racer to hit Switch and PS4 next week

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Having originally been slated to arrive in May, Aspyr has today announced today that the classic Nintendo 64 podracing game Star Wars Episode I: Racer will arrive on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 next week, on Tuesday, June 23rd. ATTN Star Wars Episode l: Racer Fans!!!We are slated to release on both Nintendo Switch and […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker early Palpatine concept art revealed

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Early concept art for the return of Palpatine in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been revealed. Ever since the trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker revealed that Emperor Palpatine would be returning, fans had been wondering what form his appearance would take in the movie. Palpatine would go on to have […]

Star Wars Celebration 2020 cancelled, won’t return until 2022

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Lucasfilm has announced that it has cancelled the Star Wars Celebration 2020 convention, with the massively popular Star Wars gathering not returning until August 18th to 21st, 2022. Back in April, Lucasfilm announced they planned to go ahead with this year’s event in August, but due to the on-going global health crisis, it’s simply not […]